Pursuant to recommendations of the Commission on State Governmental Management, House Joint Resolution 188 was passed by the General Assembly at the 1977 Session.

This Act required that a study and evaluation be made of the proposals of the Commission on State Governmental Management to reorganize the State-level human resources agencies in the light of the need to consider simultaneous organizational changes in the human resources area at the local level.

This Act further required that the Governor transmit the findings, conclusions, and recommendations in a written report to the General Assembly.

The responsibilities in this matter have been discharged and I commend the report to you.

/s/ Mills E. Godwin, Jr.
Governor of Virginia